| 1876 - 592 pagini
.... With a view to our duty in this life, it is ne' cessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the ' order of nature is ascertainable...verified experimentally as often ' as we like to try.' * This is the most direct, as it seems the * Professor Huxley's Lay Sermon ' On the Physical Basis... | |
| 1869 - 718 pagini
...stands alone as a force which we are free to exert in any direction we choose. Professor Huxley says, " Volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." Wo should say it counts for a great deal. It is the link between the material and the immaterial —... | |
| 1869 - 890 pagini
...joyfully admit that the musician must be a Spirit and Divine ? Professor Huxley distinctly declares that " our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." These words are the most valuable and important in his whole address. They are the gleam of light seen... | |
| 1869 - 580 pagini
...says, to help the world on "effectually, it is necessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by...something as a condition of the course of events." This would be fine, if, on his premises, our " volition " were not born of ammonia, etc. MR. HUXLEY... | |
| John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - 168 pagini
...to exert ourselves effectually to banish ignorance and misery, we need but two beliefs, the belief " that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are... | |
| John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - 180 pagini
...to exert ourselves effectually to banish ignorance and misery, we need but two beliefs, the belief " that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are... | |
| John James Stewart Perowne (bp. of Worcester.) - 1869 - 180 pagini
...to exert ourselves effectually to banish ignorance and misery, we need but two beliefs, the belief " that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are... | |
| George Western Thompson - 1869 - 468 pagini
...where is the unfoldment and progress in system, and always to higher progress and fuller system, and "that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events?" Again, Mr. Huxley argues to show that all motion is the result of contractility, in both vegetal and... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1869 - 30 pagini
...^extejitjtvhich is pi'f'£ÍÍ£;]JjJ»>¿¿|j>n^ the seconJ^tlia^jQjjr.^-oJU tlon cmints Jb^some^Iu^^^ of events.' Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally, as often au we like to try. Each, therefore, stands upon the strongest foundation upon which any belief can... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 56 pagini
...entered it. To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by...to try. Each, therefore, stands upon the strongest foundation upon which any belief can rest; and forms one of our highest truths. If we find that the... | |
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